HERBERT, Sir Henry (1594-1673), of the Revels Office, Tuttle Street, Westminster and Woodford, Essex; later of Ribbesford, nr. Bewdley, Worcs. and James Street, Covent Garden, Mdx.

Family and Education

bap. 7 July 1594, 6th s. of Richard Herbert† (d.1596) of Montgomery Castle, Mont. and Magdalen, da. of Sir Richard Newport† of Eyton, Wroxeter, Salop; bro. of Sir Edward* and George*.Ped. at back of Herbert Corresp. ed. W.J. Smith (Univ. Wales, Bd. of Celtic Studies, Hist. and Law ser. xxi). educ. travelled abroad (France) 1615, 1618.Control and Censorship of Caroline Drama: the Revels Office under Sir Henry Herbert ed. N.W. Bawcutt, 2. m. (1) July 1625 (with £5,000), Susanna (bur. 5 Jan. 1650), da. of Richard Sleford, Clothworker of London, wid. of Edmund Plumer (d.1624), Merchant Taylor of London, 1s. d.v.p., 2da. (1 d.v.p.);Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xc), 47; PROB 11/83, ff. 36-8; 11/144, ff. 12-13; C10/13/42, f. 2. (2) 1650/1, Elizabeth (bur. 12 July 1698) da. of Sir Robert Offley of London and Dalby, Leics. 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 5da. (3 d.v.p.).Revels, 112; St. Paul’s, Covent Garden (Harl. Soc. Reg. xxxvi), 165. Kntd. 7 Aug. 1623.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 182. d. 27 Apr. 1673.Herbert Corresp. 213. sig. H[enry] Herbert.

Offices Held

Gent. privy chamber 1622–46;Revels, 4; LC2/6, f. 37; Add. 37157, f. 54. dep. master of Revels 1623 – 40, master 1640 – 42, 1660–d.C66/2512/5; Revels, 10–11.

J.p. Worcs. 1628 – 42, 1660–d.;C231/4, f. 248; C193/12/3, 193/13/2; C220/9/4. commr. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 1632 – 42, Wales and Marches 1640;C181/5, pp. 147, 367, 436–8. member, Council in the Marches 1633 – 42, 1661–?d.;T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 4, pp. 6–18. commr. array Worcs. 1642,Northants. RO, FH133. assessment, Worcs. and Worcester, Worcs. 1660 – d., Bucks. and Westminster 1663 – d., Salop and Mont. 1665 – d., Poll Tax, Worcs. 1660, loyal and indigent officers, Mdx. and Worcs. 1662, subsidy, Worcs. 1663.SR, v. 271, 303, 317, 264, 372, 378–9, 431, 466, 485.

Commr. abuses of goldsmiths 1635.Rymer, viii. pt. 4, p. 123.

Parlimentarian

HERBERT, Sir Henry (1594-1673), of the Revels Office, Tuttle Street, Westminster and Woodford, Essex; later of Ribbesford, nr. Bewdley, Worcs. and James Street, Covent Garden, Mdx.

Main residences: the Revels Office, Tuttle Street, Westminster; Woodford, Essex; Ribbesford, nr. Bewdley, Worcs.; James Street, Covent Garden, Mdx.

Author

S.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

HERBERT, Sir Henry (1594-1673)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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